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Rising levels of obesity in England

New research published in The Lancet on 24th June 2026 shows that obesity…

Weight Loss Drugs and GB Consumers

YouGov’s new Health & Wellbeing Tracker reveals attitudes toward Weight Loss Drugs…

Combining resistance training with aerobic activity lowers risk of death

Using data collected from 147,374 participants over a period of up to…

Early themes emerging from London’s Fit for the Future work

Following London Sport’s Fit for the Future launch event, some common themes…

Recommendations to government for Healthy Ageing

Life expectancy is increasing, but Healthy Life Expectancy has stalled at 61…

A third of adults in London are not meeting recommended levels of physical activity

The latest Active Lives Adult survey data was released on Thursday 23rd April and…

Exercise is recognised as key to anti-ageing

The British population is ageing. By 2070 there will be more people…

London needs a system that turns physical activity advice into real change

Today, London Sport has published a ground-breaking report entitled Fit for the Future:…

Londoners are ready to act on physical activity advice – but the system isn’t keeping pace

n partnership with market research and insight agency, Opinium, London Sport conducted…

Fit for the Future: making physical activity routine in London’s healthcare system

Londoners are ready to follow advice about physical activity, but the health system…

Across London, maturity levels for integrating physical activity within health and care systems are at the early-mid stage

Background About the Framework London data

70% back GPs to prescribe parkrun

New research from parkrun, using data from Sport England and polling by…

Urban Health Index for Southwark and Lambeth: SPA alone doesn’t determine health

Sport, physical activity, and exercise alone do not determine a person’s health…

The difference in Healthy Life Expectancy across London boroughs spans a decade

Healthy Life Expectancy (HLE) measures the average time an individual is expected…

Many UK adults do no muscle strengthening

A new report from ukactive reveals how few UK adults do muscle…

State of Life: Value of activities in under-served communities

State of Life, working with StreetGames have shared findings from their work…

Good Boost help transform spaces

Swim England have highlighted a new report from Good Boost. Good Boost…

ukactive aim for 1m more active CYP by 2030

In November ukactive released research figures showing that around half (49%) of…

Augmented Reality opportunities

Augmented Reality (AR) is creating exciting new ways to exercise that could complement or…

NHS: With satisfaction at record low, will people go private?

The good folks at Trajectory have published their latest ‘Slow Futures’ blog…